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The Guggenheim Museum on the river, Bilbao
BilbaoThe Guggenheim Museum on the river
Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral

Photos: Bilbao by José Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bilbao or Vilnius?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Bilbao for

  • food and drink
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Bilbao’s own page.

Choose Vilnius for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Vilnius’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Bilbao 45, Vilnius 17: Bilbao leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Bilbao 81, Vilnius 50: Bilbao leads by 31 points.
Culture & sights. Bilbao 62, Vilnius 66: Vilnius leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Bilbao 54, Vilnius 46: Bilbao leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bilbao 75, Vilnius 52: Bilbao leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Bilbao 78, Vilnius 60: Bilbao leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Bilbao 55, Vilnius 44: Bilbao leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Bilbao 79, Vilnius 68: Bilbao leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Bilbao 47, Vilnius 38: Bilbao leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Bilbao 44, Vilnius 64: Vilnius leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bilbao 53, Vilnius 54: Vilnius leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bilbao 33, Vilnius 34: Vilnius leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bilbao and Vilnius.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Bilbao
Best match
59match

Wins on food and drink and beaches with your weighting.

Vilnius
49match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Bilbao in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
54 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Vilnius in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
90 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bilbao: 1991-2020 normals, Bilbao / Sondica (4.1 km from centre). Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBilbaoVilnius
Official languageSpanishLithuanian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation19 m98 m
Main airportBilbao Airport (BIO)5 km from centre73 non-stop destinationsVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBilbaoVilnius
City population351,124619,405
People per km²8,4401,545
Museums within 10 km1731
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month-

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.